American-Literature
opportunity to obtain salvation. What would not those poor, damned, hopeless souls give for one day’s such opportunity as you no ...
become the holy and happy children of the King of kings? And let every one that is yet out of Christ and hanging over the pit of ...
THE CRISIS BY THOMAS PAINE English-born Thomas Paine (1737-1809) may be regarded as a “professional revolutionary.” He first cam ...
The Crisis, No. 1 by Thomas Paine December 23, 1776 THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshin ...
against us: a common murderer, a highwayman, or a house- breaker, has as good a pretence as he. 'Tis surprising to see how rapid ...
[Nathaniel] Green, who commanded the garrison, immediately ordered them under arms, and sent express to General Washington at th ...
I shall conclude this paper with some miscellaneous remarks on the state of our affairs; and shall begin with asking the followi ...
conqueror; for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire. America did not, nor does no ...
have too much force than too little, when so great an object is at stake. Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth ...
ought to guard equally against both. Howe's first object is, partly by threats and partly by promises, to terrify or seduce the ...
houses for Hessians, and a future race to provide for, whose fathers we shall doubt of. Look on this picture and weep over it! a ...
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY THOMAS JEFFERSON Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) is another figure of such high importance in Am ...
The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united ...
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass ...
laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protec ...
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been an ...
SPEECH TO THE SECOND VIRGINIA CONVENTION BY PATRICK HENRY Patrick Henry (1736-1799) delivers his speech in Richmond, Virginia at ...
Speech to the Second Virginia Convention by Patrick Henry St. John's Church, Richmond, Virginia March 23, 1775. MR. PRESIDENT: N ...
prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our ...
in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by ly ...
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